The Art of Conversation: A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure by Catherine Blyth (2008-12-26)

THIS BOOK HAS NO DUST COVER In The Art of Conversation Catherine Blyth eloquently points out the sorry state of disrepair that conversation has fallen into-and then taking examples from history literature philosophy anthropology and popular culture she gives us the tools to rebuild. Her prose embodies the conversational values she promotes: It's smart succinct self-deprecating and light on its feet. The Art of Conversation isn't about etiquette elocution or knowing how to hold your teacup with your little finger crooked just so. It's about something simple and profound: connecting. In our distracted days it's easy to forget that each of us possesses a communication technology that has been in research and development for thousands of years. Conversation costs nothing but can bring you the world. Blyth offers us a chance to revel in the possibilities of conversation. As Alexander Pope nearly wrote True ease in talking comes from art not chance as those move easiest who have learned to dance. Okay Pope was actually talking about writing but Catherine Blyth has that skill as well. When you have read The Art of Conversation you'll not only know the steps but hear the music like never before.

Hardcover

Publisher: Gotham (1781)

ASIN: B01K04MDT6

Shipping Weight: 1 pounds